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• the present invention relates to polyether urethanes containing one reactive silane group, which may be used in combination with polyether urethanes containing two or more reactive silane groups to prepare moisture-curable urethanes that are suitable as sealants, adhesives and coatings.
• silane-terminated polyurethanes Polyether urethanes containing reactive silane groups, also referred to as silane-terminated polyurethanes (STPs), and their use as sealants and adhesives is known and described, e.g., in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,554,709; 4,857,623; 5,227,434 and 6,197,912; and WO 02/06367.
• the silane-terminated polyurethanes may be prepared by various methods. In one method the silane-terminated polyurethanes hare prepared by reacting diisocyanates with polyether polyols to form isocyanate-terminated prepolymers, which are then reacted with aminosilanes to form the silane-terminated polyurethanes.
• the sealants may also be prepared by reacting unsaturated monools with diisocyanates to form intermediates containing unsaturated end groups and then converting these unsaturated groups to alkoxysilane groups by hydrosilylation.
• the sealants are prepared in one step by the reaction of polyether diols with isocyanatosilanes
• the silane-terminated polyurethanes should have a number average molecular weight of 6000 to 20,000.
• One method of obtaining this molecular weight is to use polyether diols prepared by the KOH process and having a molecular weight of 2000 to prepare the isocyanate-terminated prepolymers.
• the presence of urethane groups causes the products to have a high viscosity.
• the high viscosity is reduced by the addition of higher amounts of plasticizer and lesser amounts of fillers, resulting in more expensive sealant products.
• Another method of obtaining high molecular weight sealants is by using high molecular weight polyether diols having a low degree of unsaturation and prepared using special catalysts as described in EP-A 0,546,310, EP-A 0,372,561 and DE-A 19,908,562.
• these polyether diols are used, the resulting sealants have excellent tensile strength, but the sealants are too brittle for many applications because the elongation is too low and the 100% modulus is too high.
• polyether urethanes containing one reactive silane group of the present invention in which the reactive silane groups are incorporated by the use of secondary amino-functional silanes.
• These polyether urethanes can be blended with polyether urethanes containing two or more reactive silane groups to form silane-terminated polyether urethanes that are suitable for the preparation of sealants or adhesives that have higher tensile strengths and elongations and lower 100% moduli. Due to the fact that these silane-terminated polyether urethanes also have a low viscosity, sealant compositions can be formulated with less of the more expensive plasticizers and more of the less expensive fillers, resulting in less expensive sealants.
• WO 00/26271 discloses the preparation of silane-terminated polyether urethanes from polyether polyols having a low degree of unsaturation and aspartate-functional silanes.
• the products are prepared by reacting diisocyanates with high molecular weight polyether diols to form NCO prepolymers, which are then capped with aspartate-functional silanes to form silane-terminated polyether urethanes.
• This application does not disclose mixtures of disilane-terminated polyether urethanes with polyether urethanes containing one reactive silane group.
• U.S. Pat. No. 6,265,517 describes a similar process for preparing silane-terminated polyether urethanes from polyether polyols having a low degree of unsaturation and aspartate-functional silanes.
• the patent requires the starting polyol to have a monool content of less than 31 mole %, and teaches that a relatively high monool content is highly undesirable because monools react with isocyanates thereby reducing crosslinking and curing of the prepolymer.
• the patent also requires the aspartate silanes to be prepared from dialkyl maleates in which the alkyl groups each contain more than four carbon atoms.
• EP 0,372,561 discloses polyether urethanes containing reactive silane groups and prepared from polyether polyols having a low degree of unsaturation.
• polyether urethanes containing one reactive silane group are disclosed. This application fails to recognize the necessity of using secondary amino-functional silanes to incorporate reactive silane groups into the polyether urethane containing one reactive silane group.
• Copending application Ser. Nos. 10/160,463, 10/160,479, 10/174,039, 10/173,919, and 10/160,364 disclose alkoxysilane-functional polyether urethanes containing a mixture of polyether urethanes containing two or more reactive silane groups with polyether urethanes containing one reactive silane group, such as those according to the present invention.
• the polyether urethanes containing two or more reactive silane groups are prepared from high molecular weight polyether polyols having a low degree of unsaturation.
• the present invention relates to a polyether urethane containing one reactive silane group and one or more polyether segments having a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 15,000, wherein the reactive silane groups are incorporated by the reaction of an isocyanate group with a compound corresponding to the formula wherein
• reactive silane group means a silane group containing at least two alkoxy or acyloxy groups as defined by substituent “X”.
• a silane group containing two or three alkoxy and/or acyloxy groups is considered to be one reactive silane group.
• a urethane is a compound containing one or more urethane and/or urea groups. These compounds preferably contain one or more urethane groups and may optionally contain urea groups. More preferably, these compounds contain both urethane and urea groups.
• the polyether urethanes of the present invention contain one reactive silane group and one or more, preferably one polyether segment, and may be prepared by several methods. For example, they may be prepared by reacting a high molecular weight polyether containing one isocyanate-reactive group, preferably a hydroxyl group, with an excess of a polyisocyanate, preferably a diisocyanate. The amount of the isocyanate and polyether is chosen such that the resulting product contains one isocyanate group.
• the resulting product when, reacting a diisocyanate with a monool using equimolar mixtures of the reactants, the resulting product contains an average of one isocyanate group.
• the reaction mixture also contains minor amounts of non-functional polymers a), which are formed by the reaction of two molecules of the monool with one molecule of the diisocyanate.
• the reaction mixture may also contain a minor amount of unreacted diisocyanate, which can be removed, e.g., by distillation, or which can remain in the reaction mixture.
• the reaction mixture containing the monoisocyanate intermediate is reacted with a compound containing an isocyanate-reactive group, preferably an —NH group, and one or more, preferably one reactive silane group to form the polyether urethane).
• the reaction mixture also contains polymers b), which are the reaction products of any monomeric diisocyanates present in the reaction mixture with the isocyanate-reactive silanes. Polymers b) are considered a part of the polyether urethane, even though they contain two reactive silane groups.
• Non-functional polymers a) are preferably present in an amount of less than 60% by weight, more preferably less than 30% by weight and most preferably less than 10% by weight. When polymers a) are present, they are preferably present in an amount of at least 0.1% by weight, more preferably at least 0.5% by weight. The preceding percentages are based on the weight of reaction mixture containing the polyether urethanes according to the invention.
• Polymers b) are preferably present in an amount of less then 2% by weight, more preferably less than 1% by weight. When polymers b) are present, they are preferably present in an amount of at least 0.1% by weight and more preferably at least 0.5% by weight. The preceding percentages are based on the weight of reaction mixture containing the polyether urethanes according to the invention.
• the polyether urethanes according to the invention may also be prepared by reversing these steps and reacting an excess of a polyisocyanate with an isocyanate-reactive silane and then reacting the resulting intermediate with the high molecular weight polyether. Mixtures of polymers a) and b) will also be formed when the process steps are carried out in this order.
• Suitable polyisocyanates which may be used to prepare the polyether urethanes are known and include monomeric organic diisocyanates represented by the formula, R(NCO) 2 , in which R represents an organic group obtained by removing the isocyanate groups from an organic diisocyanate having a molecular weight of 112 to 1,000, preferably 140 to 400.
• Preferred diisocyanates are those represented by the above formula in which R represents a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 4 to 18 carbon atoms, a divalent cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 5 to 15 carbon atoms, a divalent araliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 7 to 15 carbon atoms or a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.
• suitable organic diisocyanates include 1,4-tetramethylene diisocyanate, 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate, 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate, 1,12-dodecamethylene diisocyanate, cyclohexane-1,3- and -1,4-diisocyanate, 1-isocyanato-2-isocyanatomethyl cyclopentane, 1-isocyanato-3-isocyanatomethyl-3,5,5-trimethyl-cyclohexane (isophorone diisocyanate or IPDI), bis-(4-isocyanato-cyclohexyl)-methane, 1,3- and 1,4-bis-(isocyanatomethyl)-cyclohexane, bis-(4-isocyanatocyclo-hexyl)-methane, 2,4′-diisocyanato-dicyclohexyl methane, bis-
• Monomeric polyisocyanates containing 3 or more isocyanate groups such as 4-isocyanatomethyl-1,8-octamethylene diisocyanate and aromatic polyisocyanates such as 4,4′,4′′-triphenylmethane triisocyanate and polyphenyl polymethylene polyisocyanates obtained by phosgenating aniline/formaldehyde condensates may also be used.
• polyisocyanate adducts prepared from the preceding monomeric polyisocyanates and containing isocyanurate, uretdione, biuret, urethane, allophanate, iminooxadiazine dione, carbodiimide and/or oxadiazinetrione groups.
• Preferred diisocyanates include bis-(4-isocyanatocyclohexyl)-methane, 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ ′, ⁇ ′-tetramethyl-1,3- and/or -1,4-xylylene diisocyanate, 2,4- and/or 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate, and 2,4- and/or 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate.
• Suitable monools for preparing polymers b) are polyether monools that have a number average molecular weight of at least 3000, in some cases at least 6000 and in other cases at least 8000. Also, the number average molecular weight of the polyether monools can be up to 20,000, in some cases up to 15,000 and in other cases up to 12,000. The number average molecular weight of the polyether monools can vary and range between any of the values recited above.
• the polyether monools can be prepared by the alkoxylation of monofunctional starting compounds with alkylene oxides, non-limiting examples being ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or butylene oxide. in some embodiments of the invention, the polyether is propylene oxide.
• ethylene oxide it is used in an amount of up to 40% by weight, based on the weight of the polyether.
• the polyethers are preferably prepared either by the KOH process or by mixed metal cyanide catalysis. The latter process results in products with low a degree of unsaturation.
• the polyethers have a maximum total degree of unsaturation of less than 0.04 milliequivalents/g (meq/g) in some cases less than 0.02 meq/g, in other cases less than 0.01 meq/g and in some situations 0.007 meq/g or less.
• the amount of unsaturation will vary depending on the method used to prepare the polyether as well as the molecular weight of the polyerther.
• Such polyether monools are known and can be produced, as a non-limiting example, by the methods set forth previously for preparing the polyoxypropylene polyols by the propoxylation of suitable starter molecules.
• minor amounts (up to 20% by weight, based on the weight of the polyol) of ethylene oxide can also be used.
• ethylene oxide if ethylene oxide is used, it is can be used as the initiator for or to cap the polypropylene oxide groups.
• starter molecules include aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and araliphatic alcohols, phenol and substituted phenols, such as methanol, ethanol, the isomeric propanols, butanols, pentanols and hexanols, cyclohexanol and higher molecular weight compounds such as nonylphenol, 2-ethylhexanol and a mixture of C 12 to C 15 , linear, primary alcohols (Neodol 25, available from Shell). Also suitable are unsaturated alcohols such as allyl alcohol; and hydroxy functional esters such as hydroxyethyl acetate and hydroxyethyl acrylate. Preferred are the higher molecular weight monohydroxy compounds, especially nonyl phenol and mixtures of C 12 to C 15 , linear, primary alcohols.
• monoaminopolyethers instead of the polyether monools.
• These aminopolyethers may be prepared by aminating the corresponding polyether monools in known manner.
• the polyether urethanes according to the invention instead of preparing the polyether urethanes according to the invention from the previously described monools, it is also possible to form the monoisocyanate intermediate by reacting an NCO prepolymer with a monool. If the NCO prepolymer contains high molecular weight polyether segments, then low molecular monools can be used to prepare the monoisocyanate intermediates.
• the NCO prepolymers may be prepared by reacting an excess of a polyisocyanate, preferably a diisocyanate, with a high molecular weight polyether.
• a polyisocyanate preferably a diisocyanate
• the NCO prepolymers are described in copending application, Attorney's Docket No. MD-01-66-LS, herein incorporated by reference.
• Suitable polyisocyanates are those previously set forth for preparing the monoisocyanate intermediates.
• Suitable polyols for preparing the NCO prepolymers are polyether polyols that have a number average molecular weight of at least 3000, in some cases at least 6000 and in other cases at least 8000. Also, the number average molecular weight of the polyether polyols can be up to 20,000, in some cases up to 15,000 and in other cases up to 12,000. The number average molecular weight of the polyether polyols can vary and range between any of the values recited above.
• the polyethers have a maximum total degree of unsaturation of less than 0.04 milliequivalents/g (meq/g) in some cases less than 0.02 meq/g, in other cases less than 0.01 meq/g and in some situations 0.007 meq/g or less.
• the amount of unsaturation will vary depending on the method used to prepare the polyether as well as the molecular weight of the polyerther.
• polyether diols are known and can be produced, as a non-limiting example, by the propoxylation of suitable starter molecules.
• suitable starter molecules include diols such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,6 hexanediol and 2-ethylhexanediol-1,3.
• polyethylene glycols and polypropylene glycols are also suitable.
• Suitable methods for preparing polyether polyols are known and are described, for example, in EP-A 283 148, U.S. Pat. No. 3,278,457, U.S. Pat. No. 3,427,256, U.S. Pat. No. 3,829,505, U.S. Pat. No. 4,472,560.
• They are preferably prepared using double metal cyanides as catalysts.
• polyether polyols In addition to the polyether polyols, minor amounts (up to 20% by weight, based on the weight of the polyol) of low molecular weight dihydric and trihydric alcohols having a molecular weight 32 to 500 can also be used. Suitable examples include ethylene glycol, 1,3-butandiol, 1,4-butandiol, 1,6-hexandiol, glycerine or trimethylolpropane. However, the use of low molecular weight alcohols is less preferred.
• aminopolyethers instead of the polyether polyols.
• the aminopolyethers may be prepared by aminating the corresponding polyether polyols in known manner.
• Suitable isocyanate-reactive silanes for use in preparing the polyether urethanes containing one reactive silane group include those corresponding to the formula wherein
• X represents methoxy, ethoxy groups or propoxy groups, more preferably methoxy or ethoxy groups
• Y is a linear group containing 3 carbon atoms.
• suitable aminoalkyl alkoxysilanes and aminoalkyl acyloxysilanes of formula I, which contain secondary amino groups include N-phenylaminopropyl-trimethoxysilane (available as A-9669 from OSI Corporation), N-cyclohexylaminopropyl-triethoxysilane, N-methylaminopropyl-trimethoxysilane, N-butylaminopropyl-trimethoxysilane, N-butylaminopropyl-triacyloxysilane, 3-(N-ethyl)amino-2-methylpropyl-trimethoxysilane, 4-(N-ethyl)amino-3,3-dimethylbutyl-trimethoxysilane and the corresponding alkyl diethoxy, alkyl dimethoxy and alkyl diacyloxy-silanes, such as 3-(N-ethyl)amino-2-methylpropyl
• a special group of compounds containing alkoxysilane groups and corresponding to formula I are those containing aspartate groups and corresponding to formula II wherein
• the compounds of formula II are prepared by reacting
• suitable aminoalkyl alkoxysilanes and aminoalkyl acyloxysilanes corresponding to formula III include 3-aminopropyl-triacyloxysilane, 3-aminopropyl-methyldimethoxysilane; 6-aminohexyl-tributoxysilane; 3-aminopropyl-trimethoxysilane; 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane; 3-aminopropyl-methyldiethoxysilane; 5-aminopentyl-trimethoxysilane; 5-aminopentyl-triethoxysilane; 4-amino-3,3-dimethylbutyl-trimethoxysilane and 3-aminopropyl-triisopropoxysilane. 3-aminopropyl-trimethoxysilane and 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane are particularly preferred.
• optionally substituted maleic or fumaric acid esters suitable for preparing the aspartate silanes include the dimethyl, diethyl, dibutyl (e.g., di-n-butyl), diamyl, di-2-ethylhexyl esters and mixed esters based on mixtures of these and/or other alkyl groups of maleic acid and fumaric acid; and the corresponding maleic and fumaric acid esters substituted by methyl in the 2- and/or 3-position.
• the dimethyl, diethyl and dibutyl esters of maleic acid are preferred, while the diethyl esters are especially preferred.
• polyether urethanes instead of using an aminosilane, it is also possible to prepare the polyether urethanes according to the invention by using the hydroxy compound obtained by reacting a secondary aminosilane with a cyclic carbonate such as ethylene or propylene carbonate.
• a high molecular weight polyether monool by converting a high molecular weight polyether diol into a monool by reacting it with a monoisocyanate.
• a further alternative for preparing a polyether monool is to react one mole of a diol with a monoacid chloride.
• Another method for preparing a high molecular weight monool is to react one mole of a monool and one mole of a diol with one mole of a diisocyanate. Either or both of the monool and diol may contain high molecular weight polyether segments.
• the polyether monools obtained from these processes can then be used to prepare the polyether urethanes using the previously described processes.
• the resulting product is a monoisocyanate that can be reacted with an isocyanate-reactive compound containing an alkoxysilane group to form the polyether urethanes.
• polyether monoamines which have also been described as suitable for preparing the polyurethanes according to the invention can be reacted in the same manner as the polyether monools.
• a polyether monool is prepared by the alkoxylation of a hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylate.
• the resulting polyether monool is reacted with a monoisocyanate to form an unsaturated intermediate.
• This intermediate is then reacted with a primary or secondary aminosilane or a thiosilane to incorporate silane groups by a Michael addition.
• polyether urethanes containing one reactive silane group according to the invention may be used in combination with polyether urethanes containing two or more, preferably two, reactive silane groups to form moisture-curable polyether urethanes, which are suitable for use as sealants, adhesives and coatings.
• Suitable polyether urethanes containing two or more reactive silane groups include polyether urethanes containing one or more, preferably one, polyether segment having a number average molecular weight of 3000 to 20,000, preferably 6000 to 15,000 and more preferably 8000 to 12,000.
• polyether segments have a number average molecular weight of 3000, for example, then two or more of these segments must be present so that the number average molecular weights of all of the polyether segments per molecule averages 6000 to 20,000.
• the polyether urethanes containing two or more reactive silane groups may be prepared by reacting the previously described NCO prepolymers with aminosilanes corresponding to formulas I, II and/or III. They may also be prepared by reacting the polyoxypropylene polyols, which have previously been described as suitable for preparing the NCO prepolymers with an isocyanatosilane corresponding to formula V
• isocyanatosilanes examples include 3-isocyanatopropyl-methyldimethoxysilane, 3-isocyanatopropyl-trimethoxysilane and 3-isocyanatopropyl-triethoxysilane.
• 3-isocyanatopropyl-trimethoxysilane (Silquest Y-5187, available from OSI Corporation) is especially preferred.
• polyether urethanes In the moisture-curable, polyether urethanes the polyether urethanes containing two or more reactive silane groups are present in a minimum amount of 20% by weight, preferably 30% by weight and more preferably 40% by weight and a maximum amount of 90% by weight, preferably 80% by weight and more preferably 70% by weight.
• the polyether urethanes according to the invention, which contain one reactive silane group, are present in a minimum amount of 10% by weight, preferably 20% by weight and more preferably 30% by weight and a maximum amount of 80% by weight, preferably 70% by weight and more preferably 60% by weight.
• the preceding percentages are based on the total weight of two types of polyether urethanes.
• the moisture-curable polyether urethanes may be cured in the presence of water or moisture to prepare coatings, adhesives or sealants.
• the compositions cure by “silane polycondensation” from the hydrolysis of alkoxysilane groups to form Si—OH groups and their subsequent reaction with either Si—OH or Si—OR groups to form siloxane groups (Si—O—Si).
• Suitable acidic or basis catalysts may be used to promote the curing reaction.
• acids such as paratoluene sulfonic acid; metallic salts such as dibutyl tin dilaurate; tertiary amines such as triethylamine or triethylene diamine; and mixtures of these catalysts.
• metallic salts such as dibutyl tin dilaurate
• tertiary amines such as triethylamine or triethylene diamine
• mixtures of these catalysts and mixtures of these catalysts.
• the previously disclosed, low molecular weight, basic aminoalkyl trialkoxysilanes also accelerate hardening of the compounds according to the invention.
• the moisture-curable polyether urethanes generally may be either solvent-free or contain up to 70%, preferably up to 60% organic solvents, based on the weight of the moisture-curable polyether urethanes, depending upon the particular application.
• Suitable organic solvents include those which are known from either from polyurethane chemistry or from coatings chemistry.
• the moisture-curable polyether urethanes may also contain known additives, such as leveling agents, wetting agents, flow control agents, antiskinning agents, antifoaming agents, fillers (such as chalk, lime, flour, precipated and/or pyrogenic silica, aluminum silicates and high-boiling waxes), viscosity regulators, plasticizers, pigments, dyes, UV absorbers and stabilizers against thermal and oxidative degradation.
• additives such as leveling agents, wetting agents, flow control agents, antiskinning agents, antifoaming agents, fillers (such as chalk, lime, flour, precipated and/or pyrogenic silica, aluminum silicates and high-boiling waxes), viscosity regulators, plasticizers, pigments, dyes, UV absorbers and stabilizers against thermal and oxidative degradation.
• the moisture-curable polyether urethanes may be used with any desired substrates, such as wood, plastics, leather, paper, textiles, glass, ceramics, plaster, masonry, metals and concrete. They may be applied by standard methods, such as spraying, spreading, flooding, casting, dipping, rolling and extrusion.
• the moisture-curable polyether urethanes may be cured at ambient temperature or at elevated temperatures.
• the moisture-curable compositions are cured at ambient temperatures.
• Nonylphenol (183 g, 0.89 eq) was charged to a stainless-steel reactor.
• Zinc hexacyanocobaltate-tert-butyl alcohol complex (0.143 g, prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,482,908) was added and the mixture was heated with stirring under vacuum at 130° C. for one hour to remove traces of water from the nonylphenol starter.
• Propylene oxide (5517 g, 125.4 eq) was introduced into the reactor over 6 hours. After the epoxide addition was completed, the mixture was heated to 130° C. until no further pressure decrease occurred. The product was vacuum stripped and then drained from the reactor.
• the resulting polyether had an OH number of 8.7, an equivalent weight of 6411 and a functionality of 1.
• Hydroxy polyether 3 was prepared in the same manner as hydroxy polyether 2 except that 175 g (0.80 eq) of nonylphenol and 5625 g (127.8 eq) of propylene oxide were used.
• the resulting polyether had an OH number of 7.7, an equivalent weight of 7295 and a functionality of 1.
• the STP's were formulated into sealants using the following typical formulation and procedure.
• the difunctional STP's were formulated alone and in combination with the monofunctional STP's to demonstrate the effects of these combinations.
• Exxon Jayflex DIDP was used as the plasticizer.
• An aminosilane (Silquest A-1120, available from OSI Corporation) was used as the adhesion promoter.
• a vinyltrimethoxysilane (Silquest A-171, available from OSI Corporation) was used as the desiccant.
• the filler used was Specialty Minerals Ultra P Flex precipitated calcium carbonate (mean particle size of 0.07 microns).
• the catalyst used was dibutyltin dilaurate.
• the weight ratios of the diols to monools in the STP portion of the sealant formulations were varied as set forth in the following table. The weight ratios are based on the total weight of the STP's in the formulation.
• sealant formulations were cast onto 0.25 inch thick polyethylene sheets and cured at standard conditions of 20° C., 50% relative humidity for at least two weeks before testing.
• Tensile strength, percent elongation and 100% modulus were determined according to ASTM D-412.
• Die “C” tear strengths were determined according to ASTM D-624. The results are set forth in the following table.
• the properties set forth in the table demonstrate the advantages obtained when using the monofunctional STP's according to the invention, which were prepared from a secondary aminosilane, to formulate sealants 5-7. These sealants provide improved ultimate tensile strengths, much lower moduli at 100% elongation and much higher elongations than comparison sealants 2-4 and 8-10.
• the comparison sealants contain monofunctional STP's 2 and 4, which were prepared from an isocyanatosilane and a primary aminosilane, respectively.

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